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Why Do Alternative Medicines Rise To Fame?

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Lauren Maisano
Cassandra Pfiefer
English 101
27 October 2014
Alternative Medicines Rising to Fame

Who would have thought that a simple bee was responsible for making a more effective cure for relieving the symptoms of a cough than mainstream cough syrup? Honey is used in hot tea or any type of hot beverage to relieve the symptoms of a cough or soar throat immediately, which is considered to be one of the many alternative medicines available for use. Alternative medicines and treatments such as natural herbs, animal-made products, acupuncture, homeopathy, and traditional Chinese medicine have rapidly grown in popularity in the United States because of their positive outcomes and effects (Gale 1). Studies have shown that the natural substances, such as, …show more content…

Even though traditional medicines are known for curing illnesses and relieving pains, these can sometimes be ineffective due to misdiagnosis of a sickness (Matthew 1). When antibiotics fail, there exist alternative medicines and treatments to be attempted as well. The human body is prone to react more positively to natural and soothing medicines because these show a healthier and safer way to relieve symptoms of an illness. Alternative medicines and treatments give the body an overall positive outcome, which is why people are now relying on this nontraditional treatment either solely by itself or as a secondary treatment. Many researchers, doctors, and families around the world are turning to alternative medicines because they have been proven effective and are stated to be the healthier and

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As is true for many medical discoveries, aboriginal peoples on every continent were the first to discover plants and practices that control disease and promote healing. When Captain James Cook saw Australia 's first people collect and brew leaves, then drink the resulting tea for its healing properties, he called the associated plant a “Tea tree”. Thanks to research in the 1920 's, scientists realized that oils from the Tea Tree 's leaves held more anti-microbial power than the era 's most commonly prescribed medication, Phenol, also known as Carbolic Acid. In the 1930 's, a Dr. Humphrey discovered that Tea Tree Oil treated one of the most common concerns of fighting forces, world wide. With his discovery, this essential oil became part of

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This is an informative alternative medicinal healing book written by Linda Rector Page. Healthy Healing has information involving many different aspects of alternative healing; methods as a whole and into more specific ways of healing. Page has a Ph.D. and is a certified doctor of Naturopathy who has written many books on the subject of alternative healing methods. Healthy Healing is intended to come in contact with people that can use it in their daily lives. It is intended to be a guidebook of sorts that informs the reader on how to live a healthier life.

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A variety of major healthcare systems are working to become more inclusive and develop a stronger collaborative care model. One of the most well known ones is the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, where they employ Naturopathic Physicians to focus on reducing the risks associated with cancer treatments (www.cancercenter.com). Naturopathic Physicians, Oncologists, and other medical professionals work side-by-side to ensure that the patient has the best chance at defeating the cancer that is killing them. Conventional medicine and complementary medicine work together to ensure that the patient’s treatment helps them get better. This integration is an example of the integration that should be spread throughout the medical profession.

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Cardelle 1 Caroline T. Cardelle Mrs. Shores Science October 19, 2016 The Cuckoo bee Pollinators are very important in today`s world. Plants wouldn’t grow as wonderfully as they do without them. The white house said pollinators contribute more than twenty four billion dollars to the United States.

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Every citizen in the United States has individual rights protected by the Constitution. This protection also includes businesses that have gone through the legal process to become a legal entity ; more commonly known as becoming a corporation. Many times these individual rights, protected by the Constitution, conflict with the common good and as history shows, the courts consistently side with the common good when faced with a case that pits these two against each other. Big Pharma are corporations exercising their individual rights to market, and sell their product to consumers. In the process, the common good is suffering.

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In any capitalistic, western society there are always going to be resentments and protests towards any form of healthcare other than traditional western medicine. Anyone in pursuit of a more natural approach towards healthcare to cure their aliments will soon understand this, as the waves of criticism come from friends, family, and so called experts of medicine. To a certain degree these criticisms are not unfounded at least to a point of raising concern. It is an actual system of checks and balances within the western private healthcare system that these issues perpetuate and eliminate any chance of medical professionals in western society to publicly endorse any of the natural healing remedies. This system has to have certain characteristics

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• Those who practice alternative medicine also believe that by simply raising the body’s alkaline level, diseases and other ailments can be cured. Apparently, cancer cells cannot thrive in an alkaline environment , it is known to prevent cancer and other chronic diseases. CONS •

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The scientific aspect behind modern medicine drives healing to be focused on symptom alleviation which is disconnected from the human body. The drugs are intended to improve the mind, but subsequently damages the heart, digestive system, etc. Where traditional medicine views the body as one, unified system where one issue impacts everything. The disconnect between body and mind seen in the modern versus traditional methods is what causes such dramatically different

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Natural product and its derivatives have been recognized as therapeutic agents (Lahlou, 2013). Due to adverse effects from modern medicine and synthetic product, there is increase interest on discovering alternative natural product as therapeutic agent and become alternative for modern medicine since natural product has lesser adverse

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In the autumn of 2006, farmers began to notice a loss of 30 – 90 percent of their bee hives. Loss of bee population over the cold seasons is common, but never had the decline in population been that drastic (Stress and Honey Bees). Colony Collapse Disorder is the event in which bee colony populations rapidly decrease. In this phenomenon, the bodies of the missing bees are not found and the only remaining bees are juvenile and the queen. Noticeable symptoms of CCD are: absence of adult bees in the hive, little to no dead bees in the hive, and what is left of the bee colony is reluctant to eat any of the feed given to them by the beekeeper (Related Topics).

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Nowadays it seems like legal drugs are more expensive than illegal ones. This dilemma occurs because the pharmaceutical industry affects the economy significantly. Although the United States is a mixed market economy, there are instances where the economy seems like a free market economy. A free market economy allows companies to determine the prices of goods free from government intervention. The pharmaceutical industry, despite several regulations set by the food and drug administration, is a free market economy.

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Even today you can see huckleberries have many benefits for your immune system and your nervous system. Many of these are still found in homes today. (Gary L. Morris, Healing Herbs of the Ancient Celts, www.

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The ancient Greeks invented the idea that every disease has a natural cause and a cure. In the text “Principles and Practices of Urology” “Hippocrates began teaching that every disease had only natural causes. He is known as the great Greek physician. Hippocrates was the first physician known who considered medicine to be a science, and to be separate from religion.” In the modern world, it has become common knowledge that illness and disease have natural causes.

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Coming from a Chinese family, the older generation including my grandparents tends to have very little faith in Western medicine and often exhibit great doubt when forced to visit a doctor. They are often quick to judge and would doubt everything the doctor says including the doctor’s ability to prescribe the right drugs. Unlike me, my grandmother would then ask me multiple times if the pill she is about to swallow is actually the same pill the doctor prescribed. Her paranoia, which often evolves from unnecessary doubt, leads to situations like this of complete paralysis in her daily life. It is situations like this that demonstrates how doubt is certainly not the key to knowledge and rather the key to

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